diff --git a/libdevcrypto/Common.cpp b/libdevcrypto/Common.cpp
index a2907d2ed..e1ea2d6ec 100644
--- a/libdevcrypto/Common.cpp
+++ b/libdevcrypto/Common.cpp
@@ -308,33 +308,14 @@ h256 crypto::kdf(Secret const& _priv, h256 const& _hash)
 	return s;
 }
 
-string const& Nonce::seedFilePath(string const& _filePath)
-{
-	static mutex x_seedFile;
-	static string s_seedFile;
-	
-	Guard l(x_seedFile);
-	if (s_seedFile.empty())
-		s_seedFile = _filePath.empty() ? getDataDir() + "/seed" : _filePath;
-	return s_seedFile;
-}
-
 Secret Nonce::next()
 {
 	Guard l(x_value);
 	if (!m_value)
 	{
-		bytesSec b = contentsSec(seedFilePath());
-		if (b.size() == 32)
-			b.ref().populate(m_value.writable().ref());
-		else
-			m_value = Secret::random();
+		m_value = Secret::random();
 		if (!m_value)
 			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(InvalidState());
-		
-		// prevent seed reuse if process terminates abnormally
-		// this might throw
-		writeFile(seedFilePath(), bytes());
 	}
 	m_value = sha3Secure(m_value.ref());
 	return sha3(~m_value);
diff --git a/libdevcrypto/Common.h b/libdevcrypto/Common.h
index debeee8d6..22460e940 100644
--- a/libdevcrypto/Common.h
+++ b/libdevcrypto/Common.h
@@ -203,14 +203,8 @@ public:
 	/// Returns the next nonce (might be read from a file).
 	static Secret get() { static Nonce s; return s.next(); }
 
-	/// @returns path of the seed file. FOR TESTS ONLY: optionally set path to @_filePath.
-	static std::string const& seedFilePath(std::string const& _filePath = std::string());
-
 private:
 	Nonce() = default;
-	
-	/// Destructor. IO operation may throw.
-	~Nonce() { if (m_value && next()) dev::writeFile(seedFilePath(), m_value.ref()); }
 
 	/// @returns the next nonce.
 	Secret next();
diff --git a/test/TestUtils.cpp b/test/TestUtils.cpp
index 0ec76386b..5e0619c0e 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.cpp
+++ b/test/TestUtils.cpp
@@ -120,8 +120,3 @@ void ParallelClientBaseFixture::enumerateClients(std::function<void(Json::Value
 	});
 }
 
-MoveNonceToTempDir::MoveNonceToTempDir()
-{
-	crypto::Nonce::seedFilePath(m_dir.path() + "/seed");
-}
-
diff --git a/test/TestUtils.h b/test/TestUtils.h
index f0c8e50f5..a7a0eacf0 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.h
+++ b/test/TestUtils.h
@@ -79,13 +79,5 @@ struct JsonRpcFixture: public ClientBaseFixture
 	
 };
 
-struct MoveNonceToTempDir
-{
-	MoveNonceToTempDir();
-	~MoveNonceToTempDir() {}
-private:
-	TransientDirectory m_dir;
-};
-
 }
 }
diff --git a/test/libdevcrypto/SecretStore.cpp b/test/libdevcrypto/SecretStore.cpp
index 272fa7422..32dcd3206 100644
--- a/test/libdevcrypto/SecretStore.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcrypto/SecretStore.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ using namespace dev::test;
 namespace js = json_spirit;
 namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 
-BOOST_GLOBAL_FIXTURE( MoveNonceToTempDir )
-
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(KeyStore)
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(basic_tests)
diff --git a/test/libdevcrypto/crypto.cpp b/test/libdevcrypto/crypto.cpp
index 84f15d7b2..f248b287e 100644
--- a/test/libdevcrypto/crypto.cpp
+++ b/test/libdevcrypto/crypto.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ using namespace dev::test;
 using namespace dev::crypto;
 using namespace CryptoPP;
 
-BOOST_GLOBAL_FIXTURE( MoveNonceToTempDir )
-
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(devcrypto)
 
 static Secp256k1PP s_secp256k1;